Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of tennis. I wish I did though. Lol. I only own my OCs and yes i had to reformat this as well. From here to chapter 15 I had to reformat everything...

After exiting the movie theater Ryou held my hand but I could tell he was upset.

"Ryou…I-I'm sorry it was a reaction, I wasn't thinking."

"That was the point."

He interrupted,

"When your guard was down you would turn to the person you trusted the most, the one that you were most comfortable around."

I bit my lip and stared at the floor. I let go of both of their hands and stood in front of Ryou,

"Well before you leave…"

I stood on my tiptoes and leaned on Ryou slightly as I kissed him on the lips. I quickly pulled back and grabbed Chouta's hand and hid behind him. Ryou's face was red as he turned away quickly and walked away. My grip on Chouta's hand tightened,

"It's alright Yuki-chan."

He said. I nodded as I started to cry into his chest. Why did things like this always happen to me?

So after a while life returned to normal. Well as normal as having friends in a rival school. I sighed as I finished another day of school and exited the school with a relieved expression and then I noticed the limo parked at the front of the school and one of my eyebrows went up in confusion.

"Did I miss something?"

I mused aloud. One of the windows closest to me rolled down and I saw Kei peering up at me,

"Ore-sama finds it hard to believe that you forgot your own birthday, Yuki-chan."

I blinked at him,

"Really? It's my birthday? I thought it was tomorrow…"

"Yuki-chan."

Chouta's head appeared next to Kei's,

"Today is tomorrow. That's what you said yesterday."

My face blanched.

"So I did…"

I said.

"Now get in."

Kei 'commanded' me. I huffed,

"Why should I?"

"…"

Kei stared at me with those annoyed eyes of his,

"Yuki stop acting childish and get in before we are late."

I sighed and slid into Kei's limo. Ever since I met them a few years ago they have insisted on celebrating my birthday at the same restaurant at the same time every year. And as usual we slid into the same parking spot that Kei has to reserve at exactly 12 'o clock in the morning. And walk into the restaurant at exactly the same time as usual and get seated at the same table and then we go through the same routine. Arguing over what to eat. And then after that we all end up ordering the same thing we order every year. Strange as it is, we've been doing this every year. We always and I mean always get served by the same person. And then after eating I had to open my gifts.

And I always opened them in the same order. First Chouta's, then Ryou's, then Kei-sempai's, Yuushi's, Gakuto's, Jirou's, Kabaji's, and Hiyoshi's. Chouta got me this really cute stuffed animal even though he didn't really like those things, Ryou got me a journal because he knew I had already filled up my old one, Kei-sempai got me some sort of expensive necklace, Yuushi got me flowers, Gakuto got me a cake, Jirou got me a stuffed animal as well, Kabaji also got me a stuffed animal (it was huge!), and Hiyoshi got me a scarf. I thanked everyone, as usual. Then we left the restaurant together, talking and laughing.

"Excuse me."

I looked up at the sound of the familiar voice,

"Eh? Yuki-chan? Is that really you?"

another voice asked. I closed my eyes and unconsciously gripped Chouta's hand tighter,

"Why are you being so mean Yuki? Come give your nice cousin a hug."

I took a step back and shook my head,

"I don't wanna."

I mumbled.

"Tch. I see you still haven't learned any manners."

"Ore-sama demands to know who you are and why you are bothering Yuki."

Kei-sempai said standing protectively in front of me. My cousin raised her eyebrow,

"Aww. Atobe-kun you don't remember me?"

She asked in her sickly sweet voice. She walked up to Atobe and took his arm,

"It's me Tsu-chan!"

I could practically feel the blood drain from my face as my cousin's friends started to drag the boys off. And then one of them came up to me and saw my hand clenched in Chouta's and she scoffed,

"Awww…Ohtori-kun, you're not really going out with her are you? You could do so much better. Like me."

She said as she pulled his hand out of mine and started leading him away. Kei-sempai had already had my things delivered home so I was left by myself watching the boys walk off with my cousin and her friends. Not one of them looked back. I stared after them sadly,

"So…all those years were just lies…?"

I whispered. My words were lost in the wind as tears slipped down my face and I turned and slowly trudged home.